Transfusion in palliative cancer patients: A review of the literature

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-104

  Torres, María Elena Uceda ^a   Rodríguez, Juan Nicolás Rodríguez ^b   Ramos, José Luis Sánchez ^c   Gómez, Francisco Alvarado ^b  

^a Centro de Salud Molino de la Vega   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DECISION MAKING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84892715882     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0387     Document Type: Review

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